No classical limit of quantum decay for broad states

Details No classical limit of quantum decay for broad states No classical limit of quantum decay for broad states

2010-08-23

arxiv.org/abs/1008.3917v1

J.Phys.A43:385308,2010

Physics

Quantum Physics

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Though the classical treatment of spontaneous decay leads to an exponential decay law, it is well known that this is an approximation of the quantum mechanical result which is a non-exponential at very small and large times for narrow states. The non exponential nature at large times is however hard to establish from experiments. A method to recover the time evolution of unstable states from a parametrization of the amplitude fitted to data is presented. We apply the method to a realistic example of a very broad state, the sigma meson and reveal that an exponential decay is not a valid approximation at any time for this state. This example derived from experiment, shows the unique nature of broad resonances.

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